Rev. Danny Fisher

Tibetan Buddhist monastics gathered for the 2007 Kagyu Monlam Chenmo at the Mahabodhi Mahavihara in Bodh Gaya, India. Photo by the author.
Barbara O’Brien over at Barbara’s Buddhism Blog points us to a lot of good stuff about the Kagyu Monlam Chenmo currently taking place at Bodh Gaya, India–the site of the Buddha’s enlightenment. I was especially grateful to be pointed to this English translation of the Fivefold Mahāmudrā Practice Textbook.

John Daido Loori Roshi, abbot of Zen Mountain Monastery, is also a remarkable photographer whose work is collected here. In a video posted to YouTube today, Roshi talks about “Zen photography.” Take a look here.

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